Malta’s blanket ban on abortion has been criticised for at least a decade. Some say that, despite agreeing that a foetus enjoys the right to life, a blanket ban on abortion is not justified. This is a very thought-provoking statement that merits further discussion.
Should Malta remove its blanket ban on abortion in the name of free choice? The answer will obviously depend on who we, as the people of Malta, believe should be defended. Who is in need of most protection?The women or the vulnerable unborn?
As G. P. Koulk says: “If the unborn is not a human person, no justification for abortion is necessary. However, if the unborn is a human person, no justification is adequate”.
It is an established scientific fact, without any doubt, that life starts at conception. Science is on the pro-life side in this aspect, even though it makes no constraints on how we should treat this nascent human life.
The pro-life position has to be the relentless defence of human life from conception on the basis of human equality. Francis J. Beckwith, in his book Defending Life, makes the following argument: “The human being from conception is a fully fledged member of the human community. It is prima...
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